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Headword:
*)epieikesta/th
Adler number: epsilon,2313
Translated headword: most decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In
Herodotus [meaning] moderate, prudent, in good condition.
*)epieikesta/th: para\ *(hrodo/tw| metri/a, eu)gnw/mwn, kalw=s e)/xousa.
Notes:
Superlative of the adjective
e)pieikh/s (
epsilon 2312,
epsilon 2314, cf.
epsilon 2315), feminine nominative singular.
From a gloss on
Herodotus 2.22.1, where it refers to a plausible (allegedly erroneous, but in fact true) opinion about the source of the Nile: see web address 1.
cf. also the
scholia to
Plato,
Charmides 153C (where the adverb
e)pieikw=s occurs).
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; historiography; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 October 2007@00:41:59.
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